Alfred mendel



(No Model.)

A. ME'NDEL.

COLLAR FOR HORSES.

No. 423,566. Patented Mar. 18 1890.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ALERED MENDEL, OF STREHLE'N, NEAR DRESDEN, SAXONY, GERMANY.

COLLAR FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,566, dated March18, 1890.

Application filed September 18, 1889. Serial No. 324,292. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED MENDEL, a subject of the King of Saxony, anda resident of Strehlen, near Dresden, Saxony, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Collars for Horses, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In horse-collars as heretofore made the collar rest-s wholly or partlyon the fleshy part of the neck, and in case where it does not fitproperly it causes abrasion of the skin and very often rubs off part ofthe mane, while the part bearing on the neck in nowise assists In orderto make the ordinary horse-collar fit as exactly as possible to the formof the shoulders and neck, it is sometimes made to rest on a pad. Thecollar has thus hitherto been mainly carried'by the neck of the horse,and it is this that I wish to avoid.

According to my invention I shift the weight of the collar onto the partof the horse which is best adapted for carrying the same-via, the back;and to this end my invention consists in a'modifiedform ofbreast-collar, the front portion of which rests against theshoulder-blade and is continued around the sides of the horses back to asaddle which rests on a -the back of the animal.

drawing a load the collar shall not present an absolutely-rigid mass,but conform to the contour of the body and possess the desired play forthe alternate lateral leg movements.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view,illustrating my invention.

The plates or parts a co of my collar are similar and are united infront of the chestby a hinge or link b. Each plate a is of metal, wood,or other suitable material, and may extend in one piece to the saddle c,or said plates may wholly or partlv consist of open-work frames d.

In the drawings this collar is shown by way of example as made of metalplate a, conas desired to fit the form of the horse.

nected to the saddle c by open-work frames (1. The plate a or theopenwork'frames are movably fastened to the saddle c. This may be doneby a screw-bolt 6, having a head as flat as possible and passed fromwithin through one of the holes provided in the saddle. The bolt goesthrough a slot in the plate or frame and has a nut, which, however, isnotscrewed down so tight as to prevent the plate or frame having alittle play.

A number of holes are provided in the saddle, in order that theconnection of the plate a or frame cl with the saddle may be adjustedsaddle 0 may consist of a-plate portion having, by preference, a felt orleather flap or lining underneath. or lining may be held in place by abellyband. here the plate a or frame d rests against the horse it ispadded asrequired.

The shape of the plate a or frame (Z on each side of the horse may, ifdesired, be varied, so as to follow or deviate from a direct line to thesaddle 0. They might assume a more upward direction from the chest andthen a horizontal direction, or nearly so, to the saddle c. In such forma larger part of the collar maybe made to rest against theshoulderblade, through which the power is exerted on the collar; also,in such form the parts a and d on each side of the horse may beconnected by a metal or wooden bow or strap over ,the

neck of thehorse, for the purpose of preventing the side parts of thecollar from bending or expanding, but without the bow or strap restingon the horses neck. The traces may be hooked to any suitable part of theplates or frames (1. i

My improved collar is especially adapted to horses, but can be madeapplicable to all draft-animals-such, for example, as mules.

I claim as my.invention The The saddle with the flap 1. Thecombination,with the saddle, of the 2. A collar for horses, consistingof the Iii-testimony that I claim the foregoing as padded plates 01, thelink 1), connecting the my invention I have signed my name in presplatesat the front, the frames d, connected ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

at one end to the plates Ct, the saddle c,' hav- ALFRED MENDEL. 5 ingadj ustment-holes and a girth, and a con- Witnesses:

nect-ion between the back ends of the frames VVILHELM WIESENHUTTER,

d to the saddle, substantially as set forth. 1 RICHARD KUNZE.

